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THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA
In Competition
- Directed by :
- Tommy Lee JONES
- Country:
- USA
- Duration:
- 120.00 minutes
- Award for Best Screenplay, 2005
- Award for Best Actor, 2005
Synopsis
A man is shot and quickly buried in the high desert of west Texas. The body is found and reburied in Van Horn's town cemetery. Pete Perkins, a local ranch foreman, kidnaps a Border Patrolman and forces him to disinter the body. With his captive in tow and the body tied to a mule, Pete undertakes a dangerous and quixotic journey into Mexico.
Tommy Lee JONES
Credits
- Tommy Lee JONES - Director
- Guillermo ARRIAGA - Screenplay
- Chris MENGES - Cinematography
- Meredith BOSWELL - Set Designer
- Marco BELTRAMI - Music
- Roberto SILVI - Film Editor
Actors
- Tommy Lee JONES - Pete PERKINS
- Barry PEPPER - Mike NORTON
- Julio Cesar CEDILLO - Melquiades ESTRADA
- January JONES - Lou Ann NORTON
- Dwight YOAKAM - Belmont
- Levon HELM - Old Man with Radio
- Melissa LEO - Rachel
- Vanessa BAUCHE - Mariana
Contacts and useful links
Production
EUROPACORP - 137, rue du Faubourg St Honoré
75008 Paris - FRANCE
T : 33 (0)1 53 83 03 03 - www.europacorp.com
JAVELINA FILM COMPANY (ETATS-UNIS)
Distribution
EUROPACORP DISTRIBUTION - T : 33 (0)1 53 83 03 03 - www.europacorp.com
French press
Cédric LANDEMAINE - T : 33 (0)1 44 05 97 60 - cedriclandemaine@hotmail.com
Foreign sales
EUROPACORP - T : 33 (0)1 53 83 03 03 - www.europacorp.com
The Official Selection 2005
In Competition
- A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
- BASHING
- BATALLA EN EL CIELO
- BROKEN FLOWERS
- CACHÉ
- DON'T COME KNOCKING
- ELECTION
- FREE ZONE
- KEUK JANG JEON
- KILOMETRE ZERO
- L'ENFANT
- LAST DAYS
- LEMMING
- MANDERLAY
- PEINDRE OU FAIRE L'AMOUR
- QUANDO SEI NATO NON PUOI PIU NASCONDERTI
- SHANGHAI DREAMS
- SIN CITY
- THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA
- THREE TIMES
- WHERE THE TRUTH LIES